COVID-19 curfew spoils Novak Djokovic’s quarterfinal celebration
8:15 PM ET Simon Cambers From a deafening silence to a jubilant chorus and back to silence again. Roland-Garros came alive on Wednesday, with 5,000 fans packed into Court Philippe Chatrier for the night session, a sense of normalcy seemingly returning to the tennis world as France began to relax its COVID-19 restrictions. And then, reality set in again, as Novak Djokovic and Matteo Berrettini walked off court, the extended 11 p.m. curfew — from 9 p.m. — still not late enough for the match to be finished before the spectators had to go. Watching the fans being forced to leave and...
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